On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
If you demand liberty to yourself, it says, grant it to your neighbors.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “If you demand liberty to yourself, it says, grant it to your neighbors.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains how true religion, based on universal principles, demands that individuals extend the same rights they claim for themselves to others.
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